Bill Naming Building For Mayor Advances

December 13, 1987

A bill to name the Social Security Administration building at 600 W. Madison St. for the late Mayor Harold Washington was sent to President Reagan for his signature Friday after passing both houses of Congress. If the President approves, the building, with the 100-foot Bat Column by sculptor Claes Oldenburg standing outside, will become the second building named after the late mayor. On Tuesday, the Chicago Public Library Board voted to name the new central library, to be built at State and Van Buren Streets, the Harold Washington Library Center. The House on Thursday and the Senate on Friday approved the bill naming the Social Security building the Harold Washington Social Security Center.